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DSS QuestionsWeek of 11/12-
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Tuesday, November 12th
DSS Questions1. What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?
2. Which region was North Carolina in?
3. What state do we know today that was apart of Massachusetts colony?
4. What was the mother country of the 13 colonies?
Wednesday, November 13thDSS Questions1. What was the first successful English colony in the
New World?
2. Name three of the five Southern Colonies.
3. Who was the founder of Pennsylvania colony?
4. Who was the colony of New York named after?
Thursday, November 14th
DSS Questions1. What was the main reason for founding the New
England colonies?
2. What colony did William Penn lead and what was special about it?
3. Name two of the Quakers beliefs.
5th Period:Come in, take out your laptops and go to Quizlet.com
Good Morning Sunshines!Get your DSS notebook and your ISNs
and open to your chart from yesterday!
13 Original Colonies
Get out a pencil, a ruler from the back table and three colored pencils.
Colonies ChartCOLONY DATE
FOUNDEDLEADER(S
)IMPORTAN
T FACTS
Make a chart :• 4 columns across the top• 14 rows down the sides (one at the top for
titles, and 13 for colonies)I made each of my rows about 1 inch and
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3 regions• New England Colonies• Middle Colonies• Southern Colonies
New England Colonies• Massachusetts• Rhode Island• Connecticut• New Hampshire
Middle Colonies• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware
Southern Colonies• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
Massachusetts• New England• 1629• John Winthrop
Rhode Island• New England• 1635• Roger Williams
Connecticut• New England• 1636• Thomas Hooker
New Hampshire• New England• 1623• Sir Ferdinand Gorges and John
Mason
New York• Middle • 1664• Peter Minuit (Dutch) and Duke
of York (English)
Pennsylvania• Middle• 1682• William Penn
New Jersey• Middle• 1664• Lord Berkeley and Sir George
Cateret
Delaware• Middle• 1638• Peter Minuit
Maryland• Southern• 1632• Lord Baltimore
Virginia• Southern• 1607• John Smith
North Carolina• Southern• 1712• 8 English Nobles
South Carolina• Southern• 1712• 8 English Nobles
Georgia• Southern• 1732• James Oglethorpe
New England RegionIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Religious freedom
Economics:• Shipbuilding• Fishing• Lumbering• Subsistence farming• Manufacturing
Society:• Status based on
religion• Strict society
Government:• Direct Democracy• Conducted through
town meetings• Covenant community
based on religion
Middle RegionsIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Money, trade, religion
Economics:• Small scale farming• Ship-building• Trade• Middle Class
Society:• More relaxed than New
England colonies• Strong middle class• Religious toleration
Government:• Democratic• Emphasis on culture
and religion
Southern RegionIMPORTANT FACTS:Motive for Founding:• Religious freedom (no
persecution)Economics:• Plantations (tobacco,
rice, indigo, cotton)• Near the coast• Trading• Hunting• Farming
Society:• Based on family status
(nobles) and land• Strict social classes
Government:• House of Burgesses• 1st elected government
in the colonies
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses• First legislative (elected) government in North
America• Began in Virginia• Started by the Virginia Company
o Their goal was to encourage English craftsmen to settle in North America to make the colony more inhabitable (livable) to the other colonists
• “Burgess” means an elected or appointed official of a city or town to represent the people living there (in a borough)